January 26, 2001

Who Really Has Learning Disabilities, and How Can We Help Them?

To the Editor:

Perry A. Zirkel's commentary on students with learning disabilities raises important questions about whether a newly tolerant set of guidelines is being abused by "upper-income game players" ("Sorting Out Which Students Have Learning Disabilities," The Review, December 8). It also makes some illogical and potentially dangerous interpretations of statistics. Though poverty is a risk factor for learning disabilities, it's not fair to assume that individuals from affluent

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